Last week, Late Night Do It Right returned for its 13th year! The Late Night Do It Right (LNDIR) team visited different City Centre accommodations discussing UWE’s harm reduction policy and helping students to have a great night out. 

The LNDIR service was created in 2014 by Scarlett Oliver, the VP Community and Welfare at the time; originally the intervention occurred at UWE club nights, before changing to take place inside chosen City Centre Unite halls.

LNDIR team set up in common rooms and in halls, and sent volunteers around to knock on doors, offer free pizza slices and start conversations on safe drug and alcohol use.

While talking to over 300 students across the three nights, the LNDIR team gave out over 100 pizzas and a tonne of other freebies including, snacks, unit measuring cups and spiking prevention tools! 

Students were appreciative of the service and told us that they now ‘felt much safer going on a night out’ with the information they had learned and the anti-spiking device. They told us that the service was ‘awesome’ and ‘made their night’. 

Many students were on their way to a night out and let us know that they were thankful to be given a free meal beforehand, as they didn’t have any food in their accommodation. 

Becky Risley, UWE’s Drug and Alcohol practioner assisted our student staff on the first night, helping with door knocking and discussing harm reduction. On the final night Elected Student Union Presidents Mo and Umma visited Blenheim Court to introduce themselves to new students and discuss their roles and responsibilities.

Want to get involved with Late Night Do It Right? Late Night Do It Right & Welcome Rep roles can be found on The Students’ Union at UWE’s Jobshop from March 2027. 

Find out more about UWE Bristol’s Drug and Alcohol service and get support here. 

UWE Bristol does not condone or condemn the use of drugs including alcohol; we are focused on providing students with the knowledge to be safe and feel supported. We operate a policy of harm reduction that prioritises the welfare and wellbeing of our students and wider community.

We believe that a harm reduction approach is in the best interests of our student community and as an institution as it aims to reduce the negative health, social and legal impacts associated with drug use and minimise barriers to accessing support.

As well as being an annual part of UWE’s Welcome programme, LNDIR is part of UWE’s greater Drugs and Alcohol Service, who provide advice, information and support to students who use drugs including alcohol.  Their three support options offered to students are Harm reduction interventions (One 1-to-1 appointment), Goal setting (Six 1-to-1 appointments) and Relapse prevention (Three 1-to-1 appointments).